Chapter 282 System Task: Improve the Plum Blossom Footwork
On May 15, the Suns had breakfast at the hotel in the morning and then set off back to Phoenix.
This morning, ESPN adjusted a team's championship odds.
To be precise, this team is the only Suns team to reach the Western Conference Finals so far.
The probability of winning the championship has increased from 35% before the start of the second round to 45%, which means that ESPN is more optimistic about the Suns' winning prospects.
“With consecutive sweeps, the Suns are in full swing and aiming for the championship!” Los Angeles Times.
"Old K completely destroyed the Postman, led his team to sweep the Jazz, and the most dominant center in the league appeared!" Los Angeles Sports News.
The major media outlets are also full of praise for the Suns. Among them, the media in Los Angeles are the most positive. In particular, they have praised Wang Tiejun in various ways, which is more positive than the media in Phoenix.
Not only did the Los Angeles media praise Lao K, but the Lakers' owner Mr. Buss, general manager Jerry West, and several team stars also personally went to battle and praised Lao Wang in front of the media.
"The Lakers have bad intentions!"
Colangelo got off the plane and did not go home. Instead, he returned to the headquarters to deal with various matters. His assistant put some today's newspapers on his desk. He flipped through them and saw the major media in Los Angeles and the Lakers.
After these people's remarks, they felt a crisis.
He thought for a moment, picked up the phone receiver, and dialed a phone call skillfully.
"Hello, this is CAA, I'm Lance Hoxman."
"Hello, Mr. Hawksman, I'm Colangelo."
"Oh, it's Mr. Colangelo, hello. Congratulations, the Suns have swept again. Old K is even stronger."
"Yes, thank you. But Lance, I'm a little worried now. Do you have time now? I hope to have an interview with you."
"Sorry, Mr. Colangelo, the company has a lot of business recently and I can't communicate with you in time. But we still can't spare the time, I'm sorry."
"That's such a shame!"
After hanging up the phone, Colangelo thought about what Hoxman had just said and figured out a little problem.
The last thing Hoxman said just now was us, not me. This means that he was not busy during this period, but they were busy. And among the people related to Lao K, apart from Hoxman, the executive agent, there are only
The real exclusive agent is Jay Maloney, the vice president of CAA.
"Did something happen to Jermaine?"
He thought about it doubtfully, but he had no clue. He knew nothing about the entertainment industry, so he had no choice but to let it go.
"Old K, congratulations!"
Over there, Hoxman was at the CAA headquarters in Los Angeles. After hanging up the phone, he made a call to Wang Tiejun.
"Thank you! Lance, haven't you finished your work yet?" Lao Wang said.
"Okay, Old K, one thing after another. We just helped Michael sell MCA to West Ham. By the way, MCA is the parent company of Universal Pictures. This matter has not been announced to the public yet, and there is another big thing to do.
It happened," Hoxman said.
"Oh, then you should be busy."
He knew that the Michael Hawksman was talking about was not Jordan, but Michael Ovitz, the president of CAA, one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, and could even be said to be the most powerful person in Hollywood in this era, but this was different from him.
It doesn't matter, he is not interested in any major matters of CAA, as long as it doesn't delay his affairs.
He knew that Hawksman refused to interview Mr. Colangelo and the Lakers teams because of busy CAA affairs, but this was just a reason for delay. The real reason was that he did not want to discuss this issue before the end of the season.
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And he himself doesn't want to be distracted by this issue before the end of the season.
Hawksman then told him that Michael Ovitz, the president of CAA and one of the five founders of the company, intended to leave CAA and go to Disney Pictures as president, but this matter would not have much impact on CAA, and it would not have much impact on him.
It won't have any impact. If the media breaks the news, he doesn't need to worry.
The reason why he and Ge Maloney are very busy now is because Gee Maloney wants to take over and take over as the president of CAA, so there are a lot of things going on.
"Is Ovitz crazy?"
After hanging up the phone, he muttered.
"What's going on?" Yu Feihong asked.
After he said it, Yu Feihong speculated in a gossipy way: "If we change the president, Disney won't go bankrupt, right?"
Lao Wang was stunned: "Why did you think of going bankrupt?"
"Liu Tianwang's tent company also went bankrupt!" Yu Feihong said.
"How did you become bankrupt?" he asked casually.
"The Legend of God of War, which was filmed last year, was a hit when it was released. He lost 40 million yuan and then went bankrupt. Now he is making movies like crazy to pay off his debts," said Yu Feihong.
"Oh, then when you open a film company in the future, never make that kind of movie." He said quickly.
Yu Feihong rolled his eyes at him and said: "How can I put it well? He made that movie to make a lot of money. In our circle, out of ten movies made, nine of them lost money. If all of them were
If you want to make money, you won’t have to look for investors. Wouldn’t it be better to use your own money to shoot?”
"..."
Lao Wang was completely stunned. It turns out that making movies is the most dangerous investment! It is better to be cautious. If the land is not stable, he will insist not to be a movie investor in the future, so as not to be deceived by these filmmakers.
He remembered the phone call just now and said, "By the way, Lance just told me that the popular movie Chenglong filmed will be released in the United States in July. I was invited to attend the premiere and the appearance fee was one million US dollars.
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"Red Zone? It's very popular in China. It was released at the end of January and just released. It has a box office of tens of millions in the mainland. It has created a trend of Lunar New Year movies. I don't know if it will be successful in Hollywood." Yu Feihong said.
"New Year's Eve movie?"
He muttered for a while and asked: "Do you have any pirated discs? Come and have a look and have a sneak peek."
Yu Feihong was stunned, "Old K, you should just be a human being. They spent a million dollars to invite you to attend the premiere, but why are you going to buy pirated discs?"
That afternoon, Lao Wang and Yu Feihong went to the K martial arts gym.
There are not many people in the martial arts gym. There are only a dozen brothers teaching martial arts classes in Phoenix, and there are less than 40 brothers doing medicated oil massage for clients.
Beside the clients, he becomes their dedicated masseur.
The treatment is quite good. In addition to the salary paid by the company, the stars are not stingy either. They eat and drink well with them, and sometimes they can fly around the world.
Tian Xiaofen prepared dozens of kilograms of spicy crayfish and was boiling them in three large pots. The aroma was so delicious that it made people drool.
In addition to crayfish, there are also braised pig trotters, braised pig ears, braised peanuts, etc. They are all delicious dishes that go well with cold beer.
These are leftovers that no one eats in the United States. They are shockingly cheap and don’t cost much in total. I prepare the marinade myself.
It's just that Lao Wang can't eat too much, it's okay to try it occasionally.
"Brother Zhang, come over to the martial arts school for dinner and make some crayfish."
"Okay, come right over."
Lao Wang called Zhang Lili and they also arrived in Phoenix and asked the five of them to come over for dinner.
At half past six, the students in the martial arts class finished class. It was not until seven o'clock that some brothers who went out to do massage services came back. After everyone arrived, everyone started eating together.
"Brother Tielong, how is your business lately?" Lao Wang and Wang Tielong sat together and asked casually.
"busy!"
Wang Tielong just said one word, and then said: "You have too much influence here. Now you sell a lot of martial arts classes, and you also sell some projects, and you have customers."
Lao Wang nodded and said with a smile: "Where are the main VIP places?"
"Half of them are local, and there are a lot of them in Los Angeles, including those Hollywood stars. Tiejun, I think you need to open a branch there. Half of our brothers are working as massage therapists around those stars, and there is no branch.
It is inconvenient to manage there. And it is more convenient to have a branch there when purchasing medicinal materials." Wang Tielong said.
"Okay, brother Tielong, you can take care of the branch library matter. Anyway, there is money in the account." Wang Tiejun nodded.
At eight o'clock, the second round of the Eastern Conference G5 game begins.
In the end, the Bulls defeated the Pacers, eliminated their opponents with a big score of four to one, and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals, becoming the second team to advance to the finals.
Half an hour later, the Magic were defeated by the Knicks, and the two teams tied at 2-2.
"Poor big sewer, Ewing and Oakley teamed up to kill it, and only scored 17 points. Is this because the sewer is blocked?" Lao Wang complained after watching the game.
"Old K, who is more powerful, you or him? I see some media are discussing who is more dominant, you or him." Yu Feihong asked.
"You are asking, of course I am stronger." Lao Wang said with a smile.
"Didn't the media say that his athletic qualities are better than yours?" Yu Feihong said.
"That was before, and he was indeed a few levels better than me. But now that he weighs 140 kilograms, he is not necessarily much stronger than me. How fast can he run with all the fat on his back?"
At this point, he added: "And in terms of technique, he is not necessarily better than me. I am better at post-up skills in the low post, I am stronger against him, I am better than him at hooks, and I am not worse at throwing than him.
His skills are average and not mature yet. If you want to say his skills are better than mine, it’s turning and feinting. He has gained dozens of kilograms, but he is still more flexible than me."
Zhang Lili said cheerfully at this time: "O'Neal should be entering his peak period soon. His tonnage has increased, his strength has increased, and his skills have almost been polished. Tiejun, you can be considered at your peak this season, right?"
"I?"
Lao Wang thought for a while and said: "In terms of physical fitness, this season has indeed entered its peak period. There will be no improvement in the future. Technically, it is not yet."
"You still need to practice your low-post moves. This time, although the postman fight is powerful, it consumes too much physical energy. In the long run, it will also cause a lot of wear and tear on the body, and it is actually not cost-effective." Lao Zhang said with a smile.
Lao Wang nodded thoughtfully. Lao Zhang was an expert and what he said must make sense.
Zhang Lili added: "With a tonnage as big as yours, the pressure on the lower limbs is extremely high. If you always use this style of fighting, the wear and tear on the knees and other parts will be particularly great.
For example, articular cartilage is such a thin layer that it disappears once polished. If you play like this, you won't be able to last long at your peak. Therefore, you must strengthen technical training and try to minimize the wear and tear on your body, so that you can extend your peak period.
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"Well, you really should practice your skills more." Lao Wang nodded again.
Zhang Lijia sighed: "Like the three super centers, they have strong physical fitness and are still technical centers. They just know that they can't play purely with their bodies. That way their peak period will be too short. If they played with your style of play, they would be no longer good."
, but now they are still in their prime.
Let me put it this way, according to conventional inference, the peak period of centers like you and O'Neal should not be as long as the three super centers. They should be able to last until the age of 30 at most. This is without serious injuries. Now
Dameng is already 32 years old, and his condition is still at its peak, and he has no major injuries."
"So you must hone your skills, especially footwork. It can help you avoid a lot of confrontations and reduce wear and tear on your body." He warned again.
"Huh?"
Lao Zhang was right, Lao Wang nodded, and when he was about to speak, a surprise came, the system screen suddenly opened automatically in front of his eyes.
"Is there a new mission?"
He perked up and quickly opened it.
"Ask the host to improve the plum blossom pile footwork to a level above a small level of success (including this level), and you will be rewarded with 200 points."
"Plum blossom pile footwork?"
He couldn't help but be startled, Lao Zhang just said he wanted to practice footwork, and here you are. You weren't created by Lao Zhang, were you?
I'm afraid he hasn't learned the Plum Blossom Pile footwork yet, that is, he practiced it casually for a period of time, maybe two months, when he was about ten years old.
When we got to the information section, it turned out that the plum blossom pile footwork had not yet been introduced. It was just a beginner's level, which is the worst level.
"System, why do you want me to practice it?" he asked in his mind.
"It will help improve the host's first professional strength." the system said.
"basketball?"
He nodded secretly, then let’s find a way to practice.
He doesn't know much about plum blossom pile footwork, he only knows the basics, which is divided into eight square steps and walking steps.
The eight-way step is also called the group step, and it is divided into three types: large, medium and small. The small eight-way step is the basic footwork. It is used to dodge and prance during movement, waiting for opportunities to attack. The medium eight-way step and the large eight-way step are used to deal with multiple opponents. It is fast but not chaotic, and can advance and retreat.
With ease, you can take the initiative and occupy favorable terrain.
As for walking, there are three types: swinging method, sticking method, and withdrawal method.
He estimated that after mastering this step, through system optimization and synthesis, he should be able to increase his low-post steps, and maybe he could develop steps like Dameng. At that time, coupled with his power tonnage and other skills,
The strength should increase by leaps and bounds, right?
It's just that this footwork is difficult to practice. The so-called "passing the boxing without passing the steps, passing the steps to hit the master" is difficult for real disciples to learn. He was just an ordinary student at the beginning, so he only practiced a few moves.
Yue, it’s because the martial arts master didn’t teach him the real thing.
This footwork is the same as many of his boxing techniques. He only practices a superficial skill and cannot learn the real skills. The master just practices it and then asks him to follow it. As for how to practice it and what tips he has, he will not teach him how to do it himself.
Let's just think about it blindly.
But with so many brothers here, maybe one of them has practiced it before, so he asked: "Brother Tie Long, which of you knows how to play plum blossom pile? I want to learn the plum blossom pile footwork."
"Tie Jun, why are you practicing plum blossom pile footwork?" Wang Tielong asked.
"Didn't Brother Zhang just say that? I'm going to practice it and improve it. Maybe it will be useful during the competition." He explained.
Zhang Lili was stunned, could this be possible? But considering that Wang Tiejun's relying on fighting really comes from the force-generating movements in martial arts, it seems possible!
Wang Tielong thought for a while and said: "Among the brothers who came here, there are also a few who have practiced plum blossom pile, but I don't know if they have learned real Kung Fu. Now they don't have this place. I'll call you the next day to ask.
ask."
"OK."
On the evening of the 16th, the G5 game between Mosaic and the Spurs began.
In the end, Mosaic won, won the crucial battle, and got the match point with a big score of 3 to 2.
On the 17th, the Magic also defeated the Knicks and got the match point.
On the 18th, Mosaic started a G6 game with the Spurs away from home.
Unfortunately, the Spurs regained the match point in the end, and the two Texas teams reached the tiebreaker.
On the 19th, the Magic also had a G6 battle with the Knicks on the road. They had better luck than Mosaic and finally won the game, eliminating the Knicks with a big score of 4 to 2 and advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals.
Lao Wang secretly laughed: "The unlucky Knicks were killed by the Bulls last year, but they made it to the Eastern Conference Finals. This year they were killed by the Magic, and they can't make it to the Western Conference Finals. This is Wang Xiaoer's Chinese New Year, and every year is worse than the last."
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By the way, last time the media said that if Pat Riley can't get the Knicks out of the Eastern Conference this time, he might not be able to stay in New York anymore. Let's see if he leaves. I guess there will be news soon."
Sure enough, on the second day, the Knicks media directly attacked Pat Riley and reduced the famous coach to nothing.
Anyway, everyone from the head coach to the players, including team leader Oakley and team core Ewing, were scolded by the media.
Many New York media once again called on the Knicks management to change their head coach.
Whether it was the results in the past few seasons or the accusations from the media, Pat Riley was very disappointed and wanted to start over in a different place.
On the 20th, before noon, I decisively submitted my resignation to the management, and the Knicks management did not try to persuade me to stay and directly agreed.
In this way, the head coach who single-handedly launched the show time era with the Lakers and spent four seasons building a strong team with the Knicks left New York.
His departure made New York cheer.
At the same time, his departure also made Ewing very happy.
Because he has suffered a lot under Pat Riley in the past four seasons, he does not like this harsh head coach very much. His favorite head coach is George University head coach John Thompson.
At the same time, Pat Riley has too strict control over the locker room, which he doesn't like very much, because it is the players' territory, and he doesn't like the head coach's interference in that territory.
Moreover, Pat Riley was very strict with the players and the training was very harsh. He couldn't stand the opponent's coaching model.
That night, he made an appointment with Oakley, and the two went to a nightclub to have a few drinks and watch the final game of the Western Conference second round together.
